In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd continues its discussion on how Christians are to understand suffering, calamity, and pestilence. What framework does the Bible give us for these things? Sean Daenzer (Director of Worship of the LCMS and Chaplain of the International Center) walks us through Isaiah 45:1–12.

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses how we are to understand plague and pestilence. What is the biblical framework for these things? How are Christians to respond to them? David Ramirez (pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Union Grove, WI) joins us for the discussion on 2 Samuel 24.

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the sufficiency and clarity of Scripture. What it means and what it doesn't mean. And why it's still important today. Rev. Dr. Korey Maas (associate professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan) joins us for the discussion. 

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses what the confessors meant and intended by the phrase "administer the sacraments" in AC XIV. Larry Beane (pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA, and Sermons editor for the Gottesdienst Journal and the Gottesblog Whip) joins us for the discussion to help clear up what the word administer means. 

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses what happens when a pastor gets a call. What do you do? How do you decide? What should you consider? Ben Ball (pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel, IL) joins us for the discussion.

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses the Gesimas or the season of the church year called Pre-Lent. Dave Petersen (Gottesdienst Editor, author of the column "Commentary on the War," and pastor of Redeemer, Fort Wayne, IN) and Fritz Eckardt (Editor-in-Chief of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy and pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran, Kewannee, IL)  take sides and offer their reasons. 

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses preaching at funerals. David Petersen (pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and author of the recurring column "Commentary on the War" in the Gottesdienst Journal) joins us for the discussion.

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd discusses with Fritz Eckardt (Editor-in-Chief of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy and pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran, Kewanee, IL) some thoughts about Christmas and Epiphany. What makes them so similar; what is unique? We even talk a little about the 12 Days of Christmas, and how one might observe them in the church and the home. 

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd talks to one of the founding members of The Lutheran Missal Project, Evan Scamman. He takes us through how it got started, what a missal actually is and how it can help standardize the liturgical practice among Lutherans in the English-speaking world. Scamman is the pastor of First Lutheran Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Greenwich, CT. 

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In this Gottescast, The Gottesdienst Crowd wades into biographical sketches of some key American Lutheran liturgical reformers. The first liturgical reformer is Luther D. Reed. Mark Braden (Gottesdienst Editor, the author of the recurring column "Taking Pains," and pastor of Zion Lutheran, Detroit, MI) takes us through this man's life and work. 

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